Thread cutter and holder.



, Patented December 15, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JENNIE S. MASON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

THREAD CUTTER AND HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,973, dated December15, 1903.

Application filed March 21, 1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JENNIE S. MASON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inThread Cutters and Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved device forfacilitating the cutting of thread unwound fromv a spool or bobbin andfor holding the cut end of thread remaining on the spool and preventingit from unraveling. I

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andarrangement of parts, which will be readily understood by reference tothe description of the drawings and to the claims to be hereinaftergiven.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevation of a spool of threadwith my device applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of thesame. Fig. 3 represents a sec; tional elevation of same, the cuttingplane being on line 3 8, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents an inverted plan viewof the device removed from the spool. Figs. 5 and 6 represent,respectively, an inverted plan and an end elevation of a modified formof my invention, and Fig. 7 represents a side elevation of the sameshown as applied to a spool.

In the drawings, 1 is a button or head provided with a tubular spindle2, having springfingers 3, which are adapted to enter the centralaperture 4 of a spool or bobbin 5, said fingers 3 being so constructedas to create a friction upon said spool to prevent accidentaldisplacement of said button and also to prevent the same from beingturned relative to the spool 5, except as desired-by the user.

The button 1 has secured thereto or formed thereon a metal strip 6,having its ends '7 bent back upon the body thereof to form V-shapednotches 8, which are adapted to clamp the ends of the thread wheninserted therein. The strip 6 is provided with a cutting edge 9 solocated that when a thread is unwound from-the spool or bobbin 5 andinserted into the notch 8 the thread will be cut thereby and the end 10remaining upon the spool will be held securely clamped in the notch 8until Serial No. 148,835. (No'modeli) I it is desired for use. When anew length of thread is desired, the button 1 is turned relative to thespool 5 so as to produce a slackness of thread, and thuspermit the userto secure a convenient hold thereon to remove the end 10 from theclamping-notch 8. Said button 1 is provided at its center with a recess11, in which is inserted a lump of sewing-wax 12 for use in waxing thethread when desired. The wax 12 is held in position by prongs 13, asshown.

It will be readily seen that this device forms a very convenientarrangement for any one using sewing-thread, producing as it does in asmall space a thread-holder, a thread-cutter, and a device for waxingthe thread.

It is obvious that much time may be saved by the use of this device, asby one motion the thread may be cut and the end remaining on the spoolsecurely clamped without handling.

When it is desired to dispense with the wax device, the form shown inFigs. 5, 6, and 7 may be used to good advantage, in which case a singlestrip of metal 14 is bent to form a stem or spindle 15 to be inserted inthe central aperture of the spool, While the ends of said strip are bentoutwardly and back upon themselves to form notches 16, the strips 14being provided with a cutting edge 17 at the apex of each notch.

It is obvious that either the buttons 1 or the stem 2, or both, maybemade of wood or any other material equally as well as of metal, asshown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. An attachment for spoolsand bobbins comprising a spring-spindle to enter the'central aperture ofa spool or bobbin, a piece secured to the protruding end of said spindleand bent back upon itself to form a clamp for the end of the thread, anda knife-edge formed upon said clamp portion.

2. An attachment for spools and bobbins comprising a button providedwith a spindle to enter the central aperture of'a spool or bobbin, meausfor preventing the accidental removal of saidspindle from said aperture,a strip secured to said button bent to form a V-shaped notch to hold theend of the thread upon said spool or bobbin, and a cutting edge formedupon the bent portion of said strip.

3. An attachment for spools and bobbins comprising a button providedwith a spindle to enter the central aperture of a spool or bobbin, meansfor preventing the accidental removal of said spindle from saidaperture, a strip secured to said button and bent back upon itself toform a clamp for the end of the thread upon said spool or bobbin, and aknifeedge formed upon said bent portion of said strip.

4. An attachment for spools and bobbins comprising a button providedwith a spindle adapted to enter the central aperture of a spool orbobbin, means for preventing the accidental removal of said spindle fromsaid aperture, and a cutting-blade secured to the periphery of saidbutton and provided with a portion bent outwardly therefrom to form aclamp for the end of the thread upon said spool or bobbin.

' 5. An attachment for spools and bobbins comprising a button providedwith a spindle adapted to enter the central aperture of a spool orbobbin, means for preventing the accidental removal of said spindle fromsaid aperture, a cutting-blade secured to the periphery of said buttonand provided with a portion bent outwardly therefrom to form a clamp forthe end of the thread upon said spool or bobbin, and a Wax-holdingrecess formed upon said bobbin.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 6th day of March, 1903.

JENNIE S. MASON.

Witnesses:

WALTER E. LOMBARD, EDNA O. CLEVELAND.

